Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives

by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Book Overview

Is ethnicity a result of cultural differences? Is ethnicity dependent on the practical use and belief in cultural differences? Drawing on a wide-range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Thomas Hylland Eriksen examines the relationship between ethnicity, class, gender and nationhood. Using the question 'What is ethnicity?' as his starting point, Eriksen examines the interplay between ideology and ethnicity, how the Internet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745330428
• ISBN13: 9780745330426
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"